Book Hoarder

During this whole organization/de-clutter phase I am in I have found it very easy to let go of things - goodwill, trash, etc. Until, today. Today I hit the bookshelves. The bookshelves in the office/den, the built-in whole-wall bookshelves in the family room and the bookshelf in my bedroom. All I ended up doing was re-arranging the books. Moving them from one room to another so that they fit better. I even unpacked yet another stash of books and added them. I cannot get rid of books. No matter how torn, tattered or how seemingly useless they may seem in my life right now - I cannot part with my dear, treasured possessions. But, they do look so much better now.

I did much better in disposing when cleaning off my desk and when DH and I together attacked the hall closet/arts & craft storage. We cleared out three garbage bags of trash. We are trying to decide how much of a "New Years" tip we need to give our garbage men this week ;)

While wading through the 2-tons of baby food jars, plastic containers and modeling clay DH turned to me and said "You know the first thing the real estate agents are going to tell us we need to do is clear out all the clutter."

The good news is that we are almost done with this phase of the project. I have one more cabinet that I would like to clear out tomorrow. And, I may go try to find something to use to organize under our bathroom sink. Then, I am done until the agents tell us what else we should do.

MB was begging me today to start school again tomorrow. She is ready to get back to our routine, or have a new routine. I really need one more day to focus on the house, but I hope to be able to maybe pull out something and sit down with her. Tuesday we start straight in with a class at a museum. So, we are basically starting where we left off with more outside the house time than home time.

I am drained, so I am going to bed.

Good evening all,

Amy